ABSTRACT
P. Smith locates the primary difference between competing approaches to American Christianity in the way the nature of sin is articulated, which demonstrates the difference between a democratic perspective and one based on hierarchical mysticism. Not only have the fundamentalists gone after music and alternative culture through laws and legislation, but they continue to use media in an attempt to scare kids away from the evils of devil music, such as heavy metal, punk rock, and rap/hip hop. Again, one of the unintended consequences of the censorship campaign spearheaded in the 1980s by Tipper Gore has been the manifestation of counter-hegemonic Christotainment as an unofficial campaign informing the public about recent trends in Christian fundamentalism. A chorus that warns mainstream religious leaders to "beware" of their "God-hood" because "they will rebel" accompanies these straightforward verses and, in the process, places Nausea, if only for a fleeting moment, as a counterhege-monic Christian punk rock band.
